Will Saxony-Anhalt's coalition on broadcasting fees and AfD break up? Bavaria nullifies Haseloff's emergency plan

The dispute over the increase in the license fee continues.

The CDU in Saxony-Anhalt does not want to agree and is putting the coalition peace at risk.

Are new negotiations coming?

• After the state governments

  had approved

  a new

  state treaty

  to increase the

  broadcasting

  fee, it is now the turn of the parliaments.

• The largest parliamentary group in

  Saxony-Anhalt

  , the

  CDU *

  , is against the monthly increase of 86 cents.

• Criticism comes from all over

  Germany

  .

  The search for a solution is in full swing.

Update from December 1, 2:10 p.m.:

Risk

with the

against an

and the government coalition?

Or break an election promise?

The CDU in Saxony-Anhalt is facing a dilemma (see first report).

The

wants to

quickly close

the now devised way out

: The impending

in the increase of the radio license in Germany without renewed negotiations does not meet with any understanding in the Free State.

“There is only hopp or top.

There will be no renegotiation from a Bavarian perspective, ”said

(CSU) on Tuesday after a cabinet meeting in Munich.

From a Bavarian perspective, the

appropriate and necessary.

"That is a moderate increase and not a big gulp from the bottle," said Herrmann.

Even with this increase,

further savings.

Radio license fee showdown in Saxony-Anhalt: Will Haseloff's coalition of AfD cooperation collapse?

Initial report: Magdeburg

- When the state governments decide something, it is sometimes celebrated as a breakthrough - but the parliaments in

usually still have a say.

Even if the government factions often use their majority to support the decision of their own government, things can turn out differently.

Currently to be seen at the radio license fee.

The dispute even threatens the Kenya coalition.

The contribution for

is to be increased by 86 cents per month from 2021.

The country heads had already signed the new state treaty in June, but the CDU in Anhalt has since shown resistance to the project.

The state parliament in

approve the change in

mid-December

.

But if the largest parliamentary group in the state parliament sticks to its opinion, the whole undertaking could break down and the contribution would not be increased.

The outcry would be great if the

voted against the decision

together with the

.

The coalition partners

and

want to vote for the increase.

But actually it was agreed to abstain from different positions.

However, this does not seem an option on this issue.

Then the Left would vote for it after its announcement, but the AfD would continue to vote against it and prevail with its higher number of votes.

Radio license fee: Prime Minister Reiner Haseloff is looking for a solution in the dispute with the CDU

There might be a premature

if the SPD and the Greens withdraw their ministers.

Usually a new

elected

in June 2021

.

So bad air in Magdeburg, which is why

, Prime Minister of the CDU, is urgently looking for a solution, since his own position as a top candidate may be at stake.

That is why some meetings are currently taking place: The CDU parliamentary group met on Tuesday morning.

A special meeting of the

planned for

Tuesday Wednesday

.

The last attempt to negotiate a joint approach in the government alliance?

Because on Wednesday the

meets

and votes on the subject.

This decision is considered to be groundbreaking for the subsequent vote in plenary.

Radio license fee: will the negotiations about the increase be held again?

But the search for solutions is still ongoing.

One possibility for the CDU not to have to vote together with the AfD * would be to postpone the vote.

CDU parliamentary group leader

called on Tuesday to renegotiate the amount of the contribution promptly.

The group had previously voted on it.

That would mean that the

would have to sit down again and discuss whether a deviation from the 18.36 euros appears necessary.

Before the CDU meeting, several media reported that the background to this demand was the changed data basis, as the fee adjustment was

no longer meaningful

due to the unexpected

.

Borgwardt also said that his group was keeping its word.

With her there will be no

.

Should this proposal be implemented, the negotiations would be reopened and there would be no increase in early 2021. Whether the SPD and the Greens will support this proposal is still uncertain and will probably be

discussed controversially

in the

at noon

.

The Rhineland-Palatinate

State

Media Secretary

sees no way in a proposal by the State Chancellery of Saxony-Anhalt to renegotiate the amount of the broadcast fee.

The SPD politician announced on Tuesday that the other countries will not be able to take up the proposal to the extent that the proposal aims “not to implement the premium adjustment now, but to postpone it”.

Rhineland-Palatinate coordinates the

the federal states, Raab is the coordinator of the broadcasting commission of the states.

According to the

the assumption that an expert opinion would come to a different conclusion would be devoid of any objective justification

.

CDU in the matter of Anhalt: Reform of public broadcasting required

The CDU in Magdeburg repeatedly emphasizes that it is fundamentally in favor of public broadcasting in Germany.

But she is calling for a

which she believes has not yet happened, which is why an

now inappropriate.

#Rundfunkbeitrag #ltlsa

The CDU stands by the ÖRR.

But it's about credibility!

In the debate we have been calling for reforms that have not been implemented for years.

The planned premium increase is currently not appropriate.

We demand the recalculation and the suspension of the increase!

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- CDU parliamentary group LSA (@cdufraktion_LSA) November 27, 2020

Criticism

of the attitude of the CDU in Saxony-Anhalt comes from all over the country, including from its own party.

"It is regrettable that the radio contribution is now being discussed back and forth", said the Bavarian State Chancellery and Media Minister

the

.